Review of blood donor deferral with emphasis on donor and patient safety

Lamba, Divjot Singh; Sachdev, Suchet; Hans, Rekha; Dhawan, Hari Krishan; Sharma, Ratti Ram; Marwaha, Neelam

doi:10.1016/j.tracli.2022.07.002

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“…The deferral rate in the present study is comparable to the study by Lamba et al and Malhotra and Negi [2,14]. This could be because of the demographical similarities as both the studies are from Northern India.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…The most common cause of permanent deferral in the present study was a history of jaundice (3.94%). This is in comparison to the study by Lamba et al (9%) [2] but significantly higher than reported by Agnihotri (1.8%) and Kandasamy et al (1.2%) [5,7] and lower than Shrivastava et al (28.2%) [3]. This could be due to demographical and regional differences where the study by Lamba et al [2] is from a demographically similar region of Northern India.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…This is in comparison to the study by Lamba et al (9%) [2] but significantly higher than reported by Agnihotri (1.8%) and Kandasamy et al (1.2%) [5,7] and lower than Shrivastava et al (28.2%) [3]. This could be due to demographical and regional differences where the study by Lamba et al [2] is from a demographically similar region of Northern India. Public awareness about the routes of transmission of Hepatitis B and C infections should be done by lectures and distributing IEC material.…”

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confidence: 56%

“…Donor recruitment is critical to the supply of safe and adequate blood/blood components and the first and most crucial step to provide safe blood is proper selection of blood donors [1]. Blood donor selection criteria are designed to ensure the donor as well as the recipient's health [2]. The pattern of acceptance and deferral of blood donors is based on various criteria which hold and involve legal, ethical, political, and psychological considerations.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…As such, blood donor deferral is an uncomfortable experience for the donors leaving a negative impression about self as well as about the blood donation process [5]. Hence, strategies must be prepared to judiciously defer blood donors, recruit and retain the first time donors by doing critical appraisal of existing deferral policies [2], and creating public awareness by educating the various causes of donor deferral.…”

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confidence: 99%

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The Evaluation of Pattern of Whole Blood Donor Deferrals in a Tertiary Care Center of North India

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et al. 2024

Asian J Pharm Clin Res

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Objectives: Donor recruitment is critical to the supply of safe and adequate blood/blood components to meet patient’s need; the first and most crucial step to provide safe blood is proper selection of blood donors. Blood donor selection criteria are designed to ensure the donor as well as the recipient’s health. The objective of this study is to analyze the various causes of donor deferral, study their frequency pattern and to suggest changes to retain and retrieve donors in future. Methods: A retrospective study on analysis of deferred donors of whole blood was conducted in a blood center at tertiary care hospital in North India. The study included blood donors deferred from January 2022 to December 2022. Results: A total of 27,121 donors were registered for whole blood donation and 4534 (16.71%) were deferred. Female deferral (41.67%) was more as compared to male deferral (15.11%). Temporary deferrals (n=4238 [93.47%]) were significantly higher than permanent deferrals (n=296 [6.5%]). The most common reason for temporary deferral was anemia (n = 940 [20.7%]) while that for permanent deferral was jaundice (n=179 [3.94%]). Conclusion: Analyzing the causes, frequency and deferral pattern of blood donors will help to guide the recruitment and retention efforts to maintain a healthy donor pool at large.

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confidence: 85%